In the year 1968
563 Notable deaths
Steve Sholes
American record producer, music executive (1911–1968).
Born February 12th, 1911 in Merchantville.
Died April 22nd, 1968 at 57 years old in Nashville (myocardial infarction).
Camille Huysmans
Belgian former prime minister (1871-1968).
Born May 26th, 1871 in Bilzen.
Died February 25th, 1968 at 96 years old in Antwerp.
Arnulf Øverland
Norwegian writer (1889–1968).
Born April 27th, 1889 in Kristiansund Municipality.
Died March 25th, 1968 at 78 years old in Oslo.
Chika Kuroda
Japanese chemist.
Born March 24th, 1884 in Matsubara.
Died November 8th, 1968 at 84 years old in Fukuoka (heart disease).
Helen Gardner
American actress (1884-1968).
Born September 2nd, 1884 in Binghamton.
Died November 20th, 1968 at 84 years old in Orlando.
Alexander Gelfond
Russian mathematician (1906–1968).
Born October 24th, 1906 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died November 7th, 1968 at 62 years old in Moscow.
Ellen Price
Danish actor and ballerina (1878-1968).
Born June 21st, 1878 in Snekkersten.
Died March 4th, 1968 at 89 years old in Brøndby Municipality.
Hans Thomsen
German nazi diplomat, ambassador in washington and stockholm (1891-1968).
Born September 14th, 1891 in Hamburg.
Died October 31st, 1968 at 77 years old in Hamburg.
Mireille Balin
French actress.
Born July 20th, 1909 in Monte Carlo. [ref]
Died November 9th, 1968 at 59 years old in Clichy. [ref]
Chauncey Sparks
American politician (1884-1968).
Born October 8th, 1884 in Barbour County.
Died November 6th, 1968 at 84 years old in Eufaula.
Marguerite Zorach
American painter (1887–1968).
Born September 25th, 1887 in Santa Rosa.
Died June 27th, 1968 at 80 years old in Brooklyn.
Borys Liatoshynsky
Ukrainian composer, conductor, teacher (1894–1968).
Born December 22nd, 1894 in Zhytomyr. [ref]
Died April 15th, 1968 at 73 years old in Kyiv.
Abel Bonnard
French writer, poet and politician.
Born December 19th, 1883 in Poitiers.
Died May 31st, 1968 at 84 years old in Madrid (coronary thrombosis). [ref]
Eleonora Sears
(1881-1968) american tennis player.
Born September 28th, 1881 in Boston.
Died March 16th, 1968 at 86 years old in Palm Beach.
Hans Cramer
German general (1896–1968).
Born July 13th, 1896 in Minden.
Died October 28th, 1968 at 72 years old in Minden.
Antonio Porchia
Italian argentinian poet (1885–1968).
Born November 25th, 1886 in Conflenti. [ref]
Died November 9th, 1968 at 81 years old in Buenos Aires.
Gustaf Larson
Automotive pioneer, swedish engineer, swedish founders of automobile manufacturer (1887–1968).
Born July 8th, 1887 in Sweden. [ref]
Died July 4th, 1968 at 80 years old in Båstad. [ref]
Samuel Dayan
Israeli politician (1891–1968).
Born August 8th, 1891 in Zhashkiv. [ref]
Died August 11th, 1968 at 77 years old in Nahalal.
Vasyl Makukh
Ukrainian nationalist activist (1927-1968).
Born November 14th, 1927 in Kariv. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1968 at 40 years old in Kyiv (self-immolation). [ref]
Dimitris Pikionis
Greek architect and academic (1887–1968).
Born June 26th, 1887 in Piraeus.
Died August 28th, 1968 at 81 years old in Athens.
Félix Kir
French politician (1876-1968).
Born January 22nd, 1876 in Alise-Sainte-Reine.
Died April 26th, 1968 at 92 years old in Dijon.
Santos Iriarte
Uruguayan footballer (1902-1968).
Born November 2nd, 1902 in Canelones.
Died November 11th, 1968 at 66 years old in Montevideo.
Cai Tingkai
Chinese general (1892–1968).
Born April 15th, 1892 in Luoding Zhilizhou.
Died April 25th, 1968 at 76 years old in Beijing.
Elly Ney
German pianist (1882–1968).
Born September 27th, 1882 in Düsseldorf.
Died March 31st, 1968 at 85 years old in Tutzing.
Walter Tewksbury
Athletics competitor (1876-1968).
Born March 21st, 1876 in Ashley.
Died April 24th, 1968 at 92 years old in Tunkhannock. [ref]
Deaths 251 to 275 of 563
You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again. Philip Pullman